Fraud of cosmic scales

In Krasnoyarsk, the investigation of the case of the pro-rector of the Siberian State Aerospace University (SibSAU) Pavel Zelenkov and his acquaintance businessman Boris Yezeev is completed. They are accused by the investigative authorities of embezzling over 11 million rubles. when executing state contracts for scientific research in the space industry. Within the framework of the forthcoming trial, the claim of the prosecutor's office to recover damages from them will be examined. The defendants themselves reject charges and claims.

The prosecutor's office of the Krasnoyarsk Territory approved the indictment and sent a criminal case to the Leninsky District Court against the Vice-Rector for Informatization and Commercialization of Scientific Developments of the Siberian State University of Civil Aviation (in 2016 he merged with the Siberian State Technological University into the Siberian State University of Science and Technology named after Academician MF Reshetnev) and the Director Ltd. "Clean Energy", accused of multi-million fraud. This was reported in the supervisory department, without specifying the names of the defendants. According to "Kommersant" it is a question of pro-rector Pavel Zelenkov and entrepreneur Boris Ezeev.

In the proceedings of the Leninsky District Court in Krasnoyarsk, there is a criminal case of a particularly large fraud, accused according to which, according to the files of the court, pass Pavel Zelenkov and Boris Ezeev. According to SPARK-Interfax, Boris Yezeev is the general director and sole owner of Kryptoniy Ltd., a company that until 2015 controlled Pure Energy LLC. As of April 2013, 34% of the authorized capital of "Clean Energy" owned SibSAU.

The events described in the case materials took place in 2013. According to the investigation, the pro-rector persuaded the administration of the university to attract "Clean Energy" LLC, which engaged in scientific research and development in the field of natural and technical sciences, to carry out the state contract for the development of control systems in the space industry. With the firm, to which the pro-rector gave recommendations, two contracts were concluded for the implementation of a part of research work in the amount of 5.6 million rubles. and 5.8 million rubles.

As established by the investigation, despite the fact that all the studies were performed by university specialists, the money for them was received by "Clean Energy". The case points out that the company lacked the material and technical base and staff of scientific staff for the creation of special high-tech automated control systems in the space industry. The funds received to the accounts of "Clean Energy" were distributed according to the settlement accounts of the LLCs involved in advance, and were subsequently cashed and stolen.

To receive comments at university yesterday it was not possible.

In early February 2017, the pro-rector of SibAU and the director of "Clean Energy" were charged with a particularly large fraud (Part 4, Article 159 of the Criminal Code) and detained for 48 hours in the manner of Art. 91 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Subsequently, the accused were released on a recognizance not to leave and proper behavior. In order to compensate for the alleged damage, the investigators secured the arrest of the property of the defendants. Revenues from its implementation will be enough to cover a civil suit amounting to 11.4 million rubles., Declared to the accused by the prosecutor's office.

The regional prosecutor's office informed that the pro-rector and businessman with the accusation and claims did not agree.